Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderColumbus Volunteer Fire Department
Columbus, NM · Luna County. Columbus Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the New Mexico average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +79%
- vs. New Mexico average
- 1
- station
National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.
A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Columbus, NM (Luna County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,222 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,222 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #69 of 197
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Luna County
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 00105 · Columbus Volunteer Fire Department, NM 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,222
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Echo Rural Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Echo Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NM department.
- Columbus Volunteer (this dept) 25
- High Kimberly Fire and…, AL 25
- Near Echo Rural Fire P…, OR 25
- Near Falls City, OR 25
- Near Crescent Rural Fi…, OR 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Columbus, NM
- County
- Luna County
- FDID
- 00105
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Columbus Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #69 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,222 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster weight
Columbus Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.0% of Luna County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (100 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Echo Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.